From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities: An Evolutionary Economics Without Homo Economicus

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Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community, and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior, or morality. The complex interaction of morality and self-interest is at the heart of Geoffrey M. Hodgson's approach to evolutionary economics,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226922715

ISBN13:9780226922713

Release Date:November 2012

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.27 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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